BlockWallace, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Finleyson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31036. The Survey maps it on the Finleyson East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Finleyson East quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
451 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 451 fires within 5 miles of Wallace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,289 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 22 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 314 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 55 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-PULASKI-013 |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-PULASKI-012 |
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-PULASKI-003 |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-PULASKI-004 |
| 28 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wallace in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2009 | Flood | Wallace | $3,000 | The Pulaski County Emergency Management Director reported minor flooding of roads and property across the county, mostly adjacent to overflowing creeks. Russ Road near Wesley Chapel Road was flooded and closed. Monetary damage was confined to debris removal in these areas. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallace | $1,000 | Tree down on Cordele Highway near a bridge over Cedar Creek. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallace | $1,000 | The Pulaski County 911 Center reported that two to three trees were down in the Hawkinsville area. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Neck | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Finleyson | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Tippetts | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hawkinsville | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hartford | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Browndale | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Mobley Crossing | 9.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326578. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.